This paper's working hypothesis is that the indigenous farming practices of Timorese farmers
are those most suitable and adaptable with regard to these farmers' circumstances. Intensive …

Heat can cause substantial yield losses in crop production and climate change is increasing
the risk of this kind of damage. Weather index insurance can help to reduce the financial …

Weather risks threaten food production and put farms' profitability at risk. Insurance solutions
can compensate for the resulting financial losses and thereby serves as important risk …

Using fungus‐resistant grapevine varieties can reduce pesticide use substantially, while
maintaining production quantity and quality. Using survey data from 775 producers in …

The analyses focus on the structural change in agriculture and farm households for the
selected hilly and mountainous areas in Slovenia before and after the accession to the …

In Peru, subsistence farmers experience firsthand the direct and indirect impacts of climate
change (CC). To understand how farmers adapt their livelihoods to climatic variability, this …

Pest prevention can play an important role in reducing pest pressure and pesticide use. Yet
its adoption remains suboptimal. We develop a theoretical model to analyze the …

Agritourism is known to play a pivotal role when providing diversification of farm activities,
making in such way for sustainable regional and local development. However, it should be …

Agriculture is vulnerable to extreme weather shocks. Climate change increases both the
frequency and the intensity of such shocks. To safeguard farmers' income and food …

Insurance plays an important role in building rural livelihood resilience, in the context of
climate change. Existing research examines the factors influencing insurance uptake and …